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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome
It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
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With New Homes, Town Makes Amends for Discrimination Decades Ago
A Michigan city settled a discrimination suit by offering homes to descendants of residents forced off their land.
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E-Mail Messages Are Disclosed in Ensign’s Ethics Case
E-mails provide evidence of Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer work to the husband of his former mistress.
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Driven to Distraction: Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers
Despite efforts to get drivers to stop texting and talking on the phone, police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk.
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TARP Oversight Panel Finds Fault With GMAC Bailouts
A report to be released Thursday questions the Bush administration’s decision to rescue “a company that apparently posed no systemic risk to the financial system.”
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National Briefing | South: Virginia: Opting to Refuse Health Overhaul
The state legislature approved a measure that bucks any effort by President Obama and Congress to carry out a national health care overhaul in individual states.
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Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines
The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.
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Northrop Withdrawal Brightens Boeing’s Future
Boeing will now have some welcome certainty about its future as a major builder of military aircraft.
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Obama’s Student Loan Overhaul Endangered
House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent an ambitious overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle.
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Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools
The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.
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Bill to Include Agency That Tracks Financial Risk
The main purpose of the agency, sometimes referred to as the National Institute of Finance, would be to flag problems in the industry before they spread and threaten the wider economy.
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Obama Faces Criticism Over Pace of Action on Trade Issues
The question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners.
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Sushi Spot Is Charged With Serving Whale Meat
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal complaint accusing a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica and its chef of serving whale meat, a violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations
The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.
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Ben Quayle, the Former Vice President’s Son, Enters Politics
Ben Quayle has a familiar last name, but he is little known in Arizona. Now he is fighting to change that.
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Kansas City to Close Nearly Half Its Schools
The Board of Education in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink its school system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.
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Senate Passes Bill That Would Extend Unemployment Benefits
the Senate on Wednesday approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states
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Governor Proposes Rise in Income Tax for Illinois
Gov. Patrick J. Quinn’s proposal to raise the tax by one percent was just one measure aimed at closing a budget deficit that some now estimate at $13 billion.
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Planned Electric Rate Increase in Los Angeles May Affect Solar Power
Proceeds from an electric rate increase would be earmarked for renewable energy purchases and programs.
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